Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Platystomatidae?
Posted by kyl on 03-02-2008 20:40
#1
A picture taken by my dad.
Location: lowland. Malaysia.
Is it a Platystomatidae?
Thanks!
Posted by kyl on 03-02-2008 20:41
#2
Here's another picture.
Posted by kyl on 03-02-2008 20:43
#3
Here's the second picture
Edited by kyl on 03-02-2008 20:44
Posted by Kahis on 03-02-2008 20:46
#4
What a lovely fly. I'd bet it is Platystomatidae.
Posted by kyl on 03-02-2008 20:48
#5
Thank you. It's a very attractive fly indeed. My father took this picture at a brakish water swamp. I cannot get the second picture uploaded, but it's just a slightly more lateral view.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-02-2008 21:53
#6
Kahis wrote:
What a lovely fly. I'd bet it is Platystomatidae.
I second Kahis!
Posted by Nosferatumyia on 03-02-2008 23:30
#7
Platystomatidae subfamily Scholastinae. Almost certainly a
Scholastes.
Posted by Andrew Whittington on 10-04-2009 19:06
#8
The clear apical tip to the wing and lack of supra-alar seta makes this
Scholastes cinctus. Beautiful pic!